Sustainability in Civil Engineering

This case study is presented by the Greenfield Environmental Trust Group, which helped to redevelop the Woburn site, one of the nation's worst.

Information on brownfields and incentive programs for developers.

A list of resources available in Massachusetts to developers of brownfield sites.

New York City's brownfields assessment and redevelopment website. See the Document Repository for examples of remedial investigation reports.

This article discusses public participation in several Boston brownfield development projects.

This Carleton University website explores the environmental and legal implications arising from the improper disposal of chlorinated solvents on the properties of Beatrice Foods and W.R. Grace in Woburn, Mass. The resulting trial served as the basis of a book by Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action (1995).

Technical fact sheets, tools, and resources to help government agencies and their contractors fulfill cleanup obligations.

Extensive information on contaminants and remediation strategies.

Superfund is the federal government's program to clean up the nation's uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.

Development programs, loans, tax incentives, and case histories of successfully redeveloped sites that had been contaminated by a hazardous chemicals or metals.

Brownfield sites available for redevelopment in the New England reagion.